Jumat, 11 Desember 2009

TOBA LAKE

The lake toba was one of the lakes that was biggest in dunia. the lake toba had +/- 100km x 30 km. had the uniqueness that is gotten the island was in the middle of the normal lake acknowledged as the Samosir island. The Toba lake had since long before become the area of the aim of the important tour in North Sumatra apart from the Lawang Hill, the faith garden and Nias, attracted domestic tourists and foreign countries.

The history of the lake toba
Estimated the Toba Lake happened during the explosion around 73,000-75,000 last year and was the eruption supervolcano (the volcano super) that was newest. Bill Rose and Craig Chesner from Michigan Technological University estimated that volcanic materials that were spewed out the mountain totalling 2,800 km³, with 800 km³ the rock ignimbrit and 2,000 km³ volcanic ash that was estimated was blown the wind to the west for 2 weeks. Volcanic dust that was blown the wind spread to half earths, from China as far as South Africa. His eruption happened for 1 week and his dust throw reached 10 km above sea level.
This incident caused the mass death and to several species also was followed by the extinction. According to some DNA proof, this eruption also menyusutkan the amount of humankind until approximately 60% from the number of populations of earth humankind at that time, that is approximately 60 million humans. The same eruption took part in causing the occurrence of the ice time, although the experts were still debating him.
After this eruption, was formed the caldera that afterwards was filled by water and to that now is known as the Toba Lake. The pressure above by magma that did not yet go out caused the Samosir Island emergence.

Jumat, 22 Mei 2009

Vacation In Bengkulu

Generally, the potential for the tour was divided on the nature tour, the industrial tour, the cultural tour and the educational tour. The potential for the more dominant tour was in the regency Bengkulu Utara was the nature tour took the form of the coastal tour, the flora tour, the fauna and the nature reserve. This could be seen from the length of the shoreline that was owned by the Regency Bengkulu Utara, and the Enggano island that memilki eksotisme quite astonishing nature.

The potential for the available tour and continued to be developed was:

1. The Nature tour

The available nature tour among them Siring space in Kemumu, Air Terjun Datar Lebar in Taba Penanjung, Kolam Mata Air in Kerkap, Taman Nasional Kerinci Se- Belat (TNKS) in the Grenn daughter and Napal Putih, and the Raya Arboretum in the Kelapa Hut

2. The coastal tour

The available coastal tour including the Enggano Marine Park, Pantai Sungai Suci Pondok Kelapa

3. The Fauna tour

The Fauna tour available among them the Training of the elephant in the Hijau daughter and the Arboretum King Lelo in Taba Penanjung and Siring Kemumu space

The concept of the development of Regency tourism Bengkulu Utara that was ecotourism, that is by making use of the biological diversity of the tropical forest with all of his beauty, could open good investment of private enterprise's side in the management field and facilitated penunjang. The management by private enterprise's side could in the form of the founding and the area management of the tour professionally. As for example to be the founding of the maritime tour in the coastal coast, like in Lais, or in the Enggano island that when being wrought on professionally will cause the beneficial economical value.

Moreover, still the existence of the forest territory that still the girl, could be made to be scientific by the tour, that could be used to study and deepen again the biological and animal wealth. Could be said, made laboraturium lived in the Regency territory Bengkulu Utara..

The other potential that possibly must be wrought on professionally was the Buru Semidang Bukit Kabu Garden in Taba Penanjung and the Buru Gunung Nanuau Garden in Enggano. When this potential could be carried out professionally, then could bring the hunting world interested persons both in that came from domestic tourists and manca the country.

The nature tour that was shaped like a sport also could be made the choice to invest. With the water tour crossed jeram or explored the forest out bound was the offer that now is popular in several Indonesian territories, like East Java and Yogyakarta. By seeing the available potential, Bengkulu Utara filled the condition to hold this tour kind.

Minggu, 10 Mei 2009

Vacation In South sumatera


PAGAR ALAM

The Pagar TOUR of Nature in fact not also exclusively the Dempo Mountain and the statue- the statue megalitik. In the city that was orbited by the group of Bukit Barisan mountains had a cool climate this, was gotten also several locations of the other tour. One of them was the waterfall of Lematang Indah. His location like that was easy to be covered because was in the side of the road in Pagar City outskirts of Nature, between Lahat and the Pagar City of Nature. Beauty of the panorama in this region to increasingly captured because of being passed through the road that was winding with the sharp bend nearby. The visitor who will see the waterfall be as high as 40 metre, in fact could witness him from the side of the road precisely in the bend being sharpest.

For the visitor that want to saw closer and felt cipratan the waterfall, from the location of the complicated side of the road could descend through the ladder of the stone as far as around the foundation of the waterfall. If feeling tired because menuruni the steep ladder, the visitor could rest in several food stalls and the drink around the waterfall. Several seats were also gotten in the location.

"Many visitors that through in this road to stop here and see the waterfall of Lematang Indah without proceeding down there." The visitor then sometimes immortalised the waterfall enough of the here, said the door keeper entered the ladder.

The visitor who will descend through the ladder was enough to pay the admission ticket into the waterfall region costing Rp 1000. The Lematang Indah waterfall indeed became one of the local tourism mainstays, apart from of course the tea plantation in the Dempo Mountain


This tourist attraction of course became the mainstay because of his location that was very strategic. Whoever came from the side of the Lahat city and will head the centre of the Pagar City of Nature must pass the region of Lematang Indah. The person was enough to park the vehicle in the bend bank, then could witness beauty of the waterfall. This location also often was used as the tourist attraction of water sport that is crossing Jeram. Event the area and the province also often was carried out in the Location of the Lematang Waterfall. The water flow that was quite swift with the number of stones increased beauty and a brightness of sport crossed jeram this.

Apart from the Waterfall (Curugh) Lematang still many others that could dikunjung, including being Curugh Embun, Curugh Pancur, Air Terjun Tujuh Kenangan, Curugh Mangkok, Curugh Merak. This waterfall was located in one region in the Pagar Subdistrict of Utara Nature also could go through the Pagar Subdistrict of Selatan Nature. This tourist attraction could be followed easily from the centre of the Pagar City of Nature with the distance ± 8 km with the condition for the paved road hotmix. The road headed this Tourist Attraction went upwards with picturesque scenery.










Selasa, 17 Februari 2009

Vacation In Kupang

the East Nusa Tenggara province was a province on the north of Indonesia. This province consisted several big islands in part: the Timorese Island, Rote, Sumba, Flores, Alor, Sabu, Semau and adonara as well as around by hundreds of small islands. Each island usually represents an ethnic group with the tradition, the language, the culture as well as the different rule. The other name from pripinsi this was "NUSA CENDANA" because in this place grew a tree that was named the Sandalwood. This area had the attraction of the tour that a large number of among them the Lifestyle, Kesenian, Kerajinan Tangan, the legend as well as the nature tour, the mountain, the coast, the gulf, underwater beauty and the very extraordinary wealth of sea sea.

The attraction of the Tour

The cultural tour
In Kupang we also could enjoy was varied the culture from several available ethnic groups for example the game of the musical instrument sasando that was very unique. Where this implement was made from the tree leaves threw that was designed sedmikian the form so as to have the sound was similar kecapi. You could buy this implement with the price that was covered, nearby same had the people's other diligence that were made from the leaves, sandalwood etc. of the sugar palms tree that sagat was good for cendramata or the present. For you penggembar original fabric cloths from available ethnic groups in NTT, then you could receive him almost disemua the place of the available shopping dikupang with the varying price.













The Oenesu tour of Waterfall Nature

This waterfall had some keistimweaan special where the height reached 100 metre more with menpunyai 3-4 stages. So in other words this waterfall was seen multi-storey.






The Tesbatan waterfall


This waterfall was gotten outside the city with nature scenery that was very interesting far from the disturbance and city noise. Ditempat this nda could enjoy the forest that still was original with widespread sago trees. This waterfall stratified 50 along 1 km




The Forest tour and the Baumata Cave

In this place you could enjoy the very luxuriant forest and the existence of Japanese legacy caves that were very long as well as in this cave was gotten the underground river.


The Lasiana coastal tour

Lasiaana was a coast that was very beautiful with scenery disore the very pleasant day. This coast berpasir white and became the area of the tour that often was visited by the community on the holiday day.





The Beach Tablolong tour and UIASA

This place was dibagian west the mussel city. Ditempat this was gotten the port of the people's fish. Here you could enjoy nature scenery as well as his sea while eating the fish that was provided by the local community. His price was cheap enough and was received by various fish kinds. Whereas the Uiasa coast was located dipulau Semau.Ditempat this you could enjoy beauty of low nature water that really captured.






Vacation In West Sumatera

Batang Tabik

The Batang bathing place of the Greeting was the tourist attraction of the nature bathing place with very clear and cool water, was surrounded the paddy-field carpet and beautiful nature scenery. This location was known since the Dutch colonisation time as the only bathing place in the Lima Puluh Kota Regency and Payakumbuh. Apart from as the place of the bathing place and recreation, his water was also made use of as one of the sources of water of PDAM Kota Payakumbuh. Was in Kenagarian Sungai Kamuyang and was managed by the Density of the Nagari Tradition (would). According to parents's story, Stick water of this Greeting originated in the Singkarak Lake. The spring that the Greeting was from inside this land stemmed so as to become the pond and afterwards was named the Stick of the Greeting, be at a distance ± 5 km from the Payakumbuh city, at the edge of the highway headed Lintau.













The Lilin grave of the Cape shrine

The grave of the shrine of the Candle Cape was located in Kenagarian Taeh Baruah, the Subdistrict of Payakumbuh ± 8 km the north direction the Payakumbuh city and really was easy as well as safe to be visited. Ditempat this was felt by the calm and quiet atmosphere although really close to the settlement of the inhabitants. There is two the version related about this Keramat Grave, the first version tell about that that was buried here was Syech Yusuf that was one of the Muslim scholars who went along developed syi'ar the Islam religion from Aceh arrived at Malaysia, he was known to have the supernatural powers and very high mysticism knowledge.

Syech Yusuf had 3 wives and one of his wives came from Negeri Sembilan Malaysia and he also had the grandchild there. It seems reportedly, he could know his grandchild's situation in Negeri Sembilan although he was in Taeh, and even so was the reverse. The second version said that that was buried here was Syech Abdurrahman, that was useful in propagating the Islam religion in this area during the period of the Priest's time. The follower Mr I Imam Bonjol this had the supernatural powers, skilled with self-defence knowledge and famous his courage. Not only didaerah this, he also propagated the Islam religion down to Malaysia, to be precise didaerah the refinery. Estimated died in 1836. Kekeramatan this cemetery was seen after he was buried. Many inhabitants around that often saw the light on this cemetery that resembled candle fire so as they were frightened of approaching because it was considered the armature and the shrine.


Kamis, 12 Februari 2009

Vacation in Lampung

The national park of Way Kambas Lampung


The Way Kambas national park (TNWK) that was located on the north of Lampung this was identical to the elephant, although actually the same national park the place of the life of the endangered species like the rhinoceros, the Sumatran tiger as well as the other rare animal. The national park that has been appointed as the national park with SK No. 670/Kpts-II/1999 to be the national park that has been famous to foreign countries by the Forestry Minister. The Way Kambas national park had the area 125.621,3 hectare and administratively the government was located in Kab. Lampung was Timur and the Regency Lampung Tengah, Propinsi Lampung. The temperature of air 28° - 37° C. Curah Hujan 2,500 - 3.000 mm/the year. The height of the place 0 - 60 m. dpl. The geographical location 4°37’ - 5°15’ LS, 106°32’ - 106°52’B T. Taman Nasional Way Kambas was delegation of the ecosystem of the plain forest that consisted of the forest of the freshwater swamp, of Padang the tall grass/scrub, and the coastal forest in Sumatra.

Any that could be enjoyed by us in way kambas?

The Elephant training centre
The interests in Taman Nasional Way Kambas, we could enjoy the matter along with this that is the attraction of the elephant that has been trained. The attraction of the elephant that like what could be enjoyed by us there? The attraction that could we were seen was the attraction of the elephant danced, until the attraction of the elephant with the accompaniment of music, for example elephant football that was enough popular in tourists's local circle, put a necklace on the flower, shook hands, and swam. If wanted, we could ride these elephants by paying an amount of money definitely. Elephants in the national park was not in the actual wild life because all of them was in the training program of the elephant. Still wild elephants were tamed and trained in the Gajah Way Kambas Training Centre. This training centre was established to overcome the problem of the wild elephant that his life was urged because of his habitat to be used for the field of agriculture.

Asylum of Rhino Sumatra
Apart from the elephant training centre, the national park way kambas had Asylum of Rhino Sumatra (SRS) that was the only place of breeding of the Sumatran rhinoceros wild animal in Indonesia. Moreover SRS was the only location of the place of the Sumatran developer of the rhinoceros culture in a semi natural manner in Asia or possibly the world. However the visit of the nature tour in SRS really was restricted because for the interests of Sumatran rhinoceros research and development.
Moreover, if being interested we could surround the National Park by riding the elephant, just calm because of the elephant – this elephant has been trained. The HM, could imagine the sensation that could we could by riding the biggest land mammal? If being lucky, we could also encounter various of occupants's wild animals of the national park way kambas. However, time was best for could see the fauna – the wild animal was in the morning or in the afternoon. How with the safari tonight? Well, tonight certainly the sensation and scenery that could be enjoyed by us were different. When tonight, we could see the animal that was active tonight, like the wild boar. But don't forget to bring lotion anti mosquitoes, if ngga was guaranteed our body will be full of the lump resulting from the bite of forest mosquitoes nan cruel .




Vacation in Jambi

Viewed the Noisy Jambi Tour of the Forest Garden

readied Sir, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon agek kito went out, gek I tunjukin the tourist attraction that many of his girls, the teenager's Jambi hang out place, grooming that was good-looking Sir ye ” my friend's words from over the door while nyengir the horse. “Ok deh, don't molor ya…”. After kelar all the works, still berseragam my office immediately to the bathroom scoop up, sisiran, oles-oles perfume dikit, and was ready to depart. Ehmmm…jadi was curious with the tourist attraction that many of his girls like that was considered to be my friend, then the two of us headed there rose the motor. The trip headed where that around 15 minutes, passed the airport of Sultan Thoha Syafudin, then my friend spoke gini ” Mau through behind or through in front of Sir? ” because confused I asked “Terserah you, eh but whether his difference? ” while laughing my friend every “kalau through front ado the possibility was asked to pay the official, had 2 7000, amen through behind free kito Sir “. It was impromptu that the best road was through behind.Idak old afterwards we arrived in the location, but I became surprised “Lho how come many small children and you here? You every this the teenager's hang out place? ” after I celingukan my eyes saw the article ” the Noisy Jambi Zoo of the Forest Garden ”. ” Ahh…macam whatever you ni? Inikan the garden binatang… was not the teenager gathered disini…pantas was seen by me many small children were the same his mother's father …” Ha.. ha.. ha.. My friend even laughed-laughed. Okay then because of being already done finally was enjoyed by me then the tour this afternoon by looking around the animal around here. Sekilas almost resembled the Wisata Punti Kayu Garden in Palembang, the width around 36 hectare ,Tapi here more was glad and comfortable, all the true visitors enjoyed and our uniqueness might give ate animals here. Like that was carried out by my friend, he gave ate the elephant with sugar cane that was bought costing 1000 rupiah, and quite deliberate was sold by people here, and in general the animal here indeed liked sugar cane.Idak was felt the day increasingly in the afternoon and dark, one by one the visitor began to leave this place, the two of us then immediately came home. The trip came home we through the front door, and along the road evidently still had the place to bikers road race that indicated the ability, afterwards still had also the seat was supervised shady trees nan cool.

Selasa, 27 Januari 2009

Vacation in Jogja

Parangtritis scenery of coastal nature
This coast was made the tourist attraction karana had an attraction. Apart from being full of the myth, that is the realisation from Trimurti unity (Mount Merapi, Keraton Yogyakarta, and Parangtritis) also had the attraction of nature that could be spoken of highly. Enjoyed nature scenery certainly to the most important activity. When you stood in the edge of his coast the attraction of nature that appeared to be pamandangan the open sea with the pounding of the hard wave, as well as was gotten tebing – tebing that was high on the side east him.









Malioboro, Yogyakarta. The industry and diligence, as the trade centre.
Was the tourist attraction as a trade region that offered various cinderamata for the tourists.

Senin, 26 Januari 2009

Vacation in North Sulawesi

The LINOW LAKE
This small lake was unique because of containing the level of high sulphur had the colour that always changed depended on the point of view and the lake illumination. Around this lake was gotten by the endemic fauna took the form of birds blibis and insects that by the local inhabitants was named "sayok" or "komo". Unique insects that lived in water but could outflank and fly this became consumption of the local inhabitants. Sometimes canned be heard the chirping of small birds and white birds big that crossed the lake.










The LOKON MOUNTAIN
The Lokon mountain that was still active presented the extraordinary mountainous panorama and the mudflow that hardened memanjang winding down to close to the crater that often emitted the smoke (by walking fast only took up time 45 minutes). Sometimes this mountain showed his activity by spraying out ash down to settlement territories around it.

Vacation in South Sulawesi

The Tempe lake
Told about Danau Tempe, Danau this had the area around 13.000 hectare, if being seen from the height will be seen like the giant's wash-basin. The intensity again, evidently this tempe Lake was the producer of the biggest freshwater fish in the world. Therefore this Tempe Lake became the source of the life for the resident around him. The Tempe lake had the species of the freshwater fish that could not be found in another place. In the middle middle this Tempe Lake often looked like hundreds of floating houses belonging to the lined-up fishermen were decorated the coloured flag warni. Nah, every time on August 23 in the Tempe Lake was spread out by the sea festival or was also acknowledged as Maccera Tappareng. Maccera Tappareng this was mensucikan the lake, that was marked by the reduction in cattle that were led by the chairman of the local fisherman.
This lake was located 7 KM from the Sangkang City, the capital of the Wajo Regency. To reach to this Tempe Lake, from the Sangkang City to the Walennae River could be followed through the land route by using the car mikrolet. From the Walennae River to the Tempe Lake in followed for 30 minutes by using the motorboat at a cost of around Rp 50 thousand to 70 thousand perorang. For you who wanted to witness the beauty of the month tonight while provoking the fish, could spend the night in the floating house available in the middle of the lake with the local fisherman.

Vacation in East Java

East Java
The East Java province with the Surabaya capital, had the area of the territory 47.921 km2, was located in 7-8 levels of Lintang Selatan and 111-111,5 levels lay alongside Timur. The number of his inhabitants 33,139,000 souls (BPS 1990). Ethnic groups that lived in this territory were Java, Madura, Tengger and Osing as well as several small ethnic groups the immigrant.







The Mount Bromo tourist attraction was some that really were known by foreign tourists and domestic. Saw the sun rose and witnessed his crater not the only choice, because of Mount Bromo (and the Se- Meru Mountain) was the centre of the Kawasan Tengger National Park, that was significant still many others the object that could be witnessed in this complex











As the plateau with the beautiful panorama, since the colonial Malang time was known as holiday accommodation with the nickname of Switzerland of Indonesia and Paris of East Java. Proven with the number of beautiful gardens and the European architecture building that until currently still continued to be maintained. The number of interesting tourist attractions was supported by facilities that were complete as the Hotel, Travel, Pusat Perbelanjaan, Bank, Toko Souvenir and Diligence made Malang the Pariwisata City that was ready to serve the activity of domestic tourism and foreign countries.









The bull race in Madura took the form of the race of a pair of cow interestingly the carriage was named Kleres, tenpat the jockey stood and controlled a pair of cow when running the race. Participants were male cattle, chocolate skin, original Madura. The race will be held in August up to mid October, on Sunday, struck 09,00 WIB. the cup that was seized was the Cup of Bergilir President RI, the place of the race in the Pamekasan Regency, Madura.

Minggu, 25 Januari 2009

Vacation in Papua

Beauty over the Air Terjun Batanta Curtain

Papua, AIR TERJUN in the Batanta Island was one of the supreme tourist attractions in the Island region King Ampat. After beforehand spent time to dive into the ocean, the team of the expedition meant saw beauty of nature in various islands in King Ampat. One of his aims was to visit the Batanta waterfall.
After breakfast, the team immediately entered speed boat that will take to the destination. After approximately 30 minutes crossed the ocean, speed boat arrived in an estuary near the Arefi Village in the Batanta coast of the Island coast. James, our guide, controlled the boat slowly entered the river headed to the side of the countryside. In left right as long as the trip followed the river only was seen the mangrove forest. Suddenly, emerged a crocodile child that immediately hiding over dense him the mangrove root at the edge of the river. After followed the river along around one kilometre from the estuary of the river, the boat was tethered to the edge of the river. This motorboat indeed had difficulty carrying out the trip was more again far. That was caused the increasingly shallow river water so as the team of the expedition must continue the trip in a walking manner. Medan that must be followed was defiant enough. The team of the expedition must walk entered the muddy mangrove forest. Slippery him the road to cause us to have to be careful crossed him. To avoid the slippery road, we must occasionally pass the mangrove root.


After 10 minutes went, until the team of the expedition found a waterfall be as high as approximately five metre. However Otto, our guide was other, said that the waterfall not the Batanta waterfall. The trip then it was continued went through hills that were steep enough before meeting again with the river. After finding the river, we went along him. The river that was passed this juicy very clear. We must walk carefully and occasionally beyond the slippery stone. It was not rare that several of the team's members slipped when jumping over the stone.
After 30 proceeding minutes followed the river, finally we arrived in the Batanta waterfall. The waterfall had high around 10 metre. Love at the time of us was there, his water not too many because quite rare rain happened. We then at once were submerged in cold water. His comfort met the fresh water really was felt. As you know, already one this Sunday we always bathed with brine. Moreover, there were several of the team's deliberate members brought sampo and soap to bathe. In stone gaps and clear him water, was seen several tails of freshwater prawns. The prawns were very agile moved when we tried to arrest him. Over the waterfall, we found a small cave. The cave could accommodate approximately five people. In the cave they could sit while seeing scenery from over the water curtain. If being lucky, occasionally to be able to be seen the very beautiful rainbow.
After one hour swam and took the picture of the very beautiful waterfall, the team of the expedition had finally returned to the boat. A problem happened at the time of us arrived again in the boat. Evidently, the boat could not go because water began to subside. Moreover, many trees fell that melintang in the river and obstructed the boat. Around half of the team's hour of the expedition must struggle by every means so that the boat could come back could move. After encouraged advanced retreated, finally the boat could be free, and the team of the expedition back to base camp to have lunch. (Aries Wijaksena/Adam Dwi Putra). Z
(the source: the Indonesian media)